The Modern Architectural Pioneer & Furniture Designer We Don't Hear About Enough — Women in Design

Eileen Gray's famous Adjustable Table E-1027 and Bibendum Chair are available from modern furnishing retailers like Hive.
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Eileen Gray was a lot of things: an aristocrat but also a rebel, a talented designer, but one whose work went mostly unrecognized in her own time. Now her name is mentioned alongside other pioneers of Modernism, but that wasn't always the case. This is the story of her early career, her fall into obscurity, and her rediscovery and recognition as one of the most accomplished designers of the 20th century.
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